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Gcprka Ptate Journal
An Independent Newspaper.
By FRANK P. MAC LEXNAN.
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Awoolntlon.
Earl Akers, the state treasuier, says
the law permits him to keep certnin
fees and he proporc-s to do fo. The
law also gave Shylock his pound of
flesh. -
The decks are cleared for the series
of Karnes to decide the world' baseball
championship for 1914. Your guess as
to the winner is likely to be as good
as the next man's.
Conditions are normal j.gatn in
Pennsylvania. Another scandal Is on
tap there over the dissipation of state
funds, this time by the state's commis
sioners to the Panama-Pacific exposi
tion. No doubt about the Democrats tak
ing care of their own. In the proposal
to insert in the "war tax" bill a tax of
10 on amusement halls, care was
taken to exempt those used ior Chau
tauqua purposes.
With the American war correspond
ents of major proportions busy in Eu
rope, Villa and Carranza will have a
difficult row to hoe in planning cam
paigns and lighting battles without
their advice. .
Trent and Trieste are flirting furi
ously with Italy. 'They beg to be de
livered from the Austrians. And this
may be the excuse that Italy, needs
for getting into the fray. It's a poor
one but such is considered better than
none.
If the Allies are successful In their
struggle with Germany one of the
plans of England contemplates the to
tal destruction of the Krupp arma
ment works. And no more tremen
dous a blow in the Interests of a per
manent peace in Europe could be de
livered. "
Field Marshal Von Moltke's dismiss
al from the position of chief of Ger
many's general staff, is pretty conclu-!
sive evidence that Kaiser Wilhelm is
not satisfied with the way the war is
going. No ruler will break up a mili
tary combination that is headed for
victory.
President Wilson announces that
there will be no special session of
congress after the adjournment of the
present one, which is scheduled for
October IS. And why should any
body think that one might, be neces
sary? A regular session will be com
ing along within a few weeks of that
date., ,
No doubt about the Topeka banks
being able to afford their share of the
$100, 000,000 gold fund that the banks!
of the nation are raising to facilitate 1
foreign exchange transactions. It is!
only $35,000, -and the Topeka banks!
were never In better condition 'or pos-l
sessed of larger resources than they I
are right now. I
Spain lets it be known th.lt she has
no intention of adding to the ' pain" in
her name by getting mixed up in the
war. Wise, old Spain! , But things
weren't always so in the land 'ht the !
dons. In bygone times, Spain was!
keen for any old kind of a warlike ad
venture. She was willing to. fight at
the drop of the hat, and oftjmes
before.
Emperor Wilhelm and Czar Nicho
las are said to be behind their armies
in East Prussia. Why don't they get
out In front of them and settle their
differences in the old-fashioned way?
Think of the slaughter this would
avert, and the loss to the. werM
would -not be irreparable no matter!
which one or them died at the Hands
of the other.
And the displays in the stores tor
Topeka's fall fashion show only go to
emphasize the fact 'that ' tr..srty Is
possessed of mercantile establishments
that compare most favorably, both as
to size and quality of goods, handled,
with those in places that have popula
tions three and four times a large as
Topeka's. Furthermore, the prices are
right in the Topeka stores, much better
for the same things, as a matter of
fact, than tbey are in the similar first
class stores in larger towns, .including
BELGIUM, LAND OF HEROES.
When Caeaar, In bis "Commen
taries. pronounced i the Belgae the
bravest of all the Gauls, he was mere
ly recording the reputation that they
had earned on many a battlefield, and
which they maintained even in defeat,
writes F. J. Splltstone.' in Leslie's.
Caesar overwhelmed more than a
quarter of a million of them, In the
year 67 B. C. on the banks of the
Aisne, on the very ground where dur
ing the first half of September of this
year the Germans and the Allies have
engaged in a struggle that would be
a revelation to Rome's greatest com
mander. After the crushing defeat on.
the Aisne several tribes, headed by the
Nervll, made a last stand on the Sam
bre, taking the offensive against the
Roman legions and very nearly defeat
ing them by the intensity of their on
slaught. But the training and' disci
pline of Rome saved Caesar, and the
final result of the heroic resistance of
the Nervll was their practical annihi
lation. . Their peace emissaries said.
"Of 600 senators we have lost all but
three; of 60,000 fighting men but S00
remain."
It is from this stock that the Bel
gians of today are descended. The
men who held Liege against the Ger
mans until their forts were shot to
pieces by those marvelous siege guns,
and who checked the advance of the
kaiser's legions until France could
muster her strength for defense, are
just as heroic as their ancestors. Gen
eral Leman, who commanded at
Liege, finding his fort rendered de
fenseless, blew it up and himself along
with it. By one of those inexplicable
chances of war he escaped death and
was picked up unconscious by the
Germans and made a prisoner, but
with the honors due his heroic re
sistance.
The whole story of Belgium's part
in the present war reads like a fable
from some martial age, and not like
the sober record of the ;nost populous
and most industrious country of
Europe. The Belgians are farmers
and manufacturers. They are noted
for the arts of peace, and for social
progress. They were, perhaps, up to the
hour that their country was Invaded,
one of the happiest, most prosperous
and most progressive peoples of
Europe. They numbered about 7,000,
000. Today half of Belgium is a waste.
with cities and towns destroyed, fields
and factories ruined and the people
either exiles or living in poverty In the
ruins of their homes.
YOUNGSTERS AXD GLASSES.
It is apparent that more children are
wearing glasses than used to be the
case, and the question frequently oc
curs as to the cause of this state of
affairs, says the Journal of the Ameri
can Medical Association. Are children
having too heavy demands made on
them, or are glasses being ordered
when there is no necessity for them?
It is undoubtedly the fact that the
average,, child- now-a-days has more
schoorwork than formerly, and among
all classes the eyes of the-child are
being used for near work to a greater
extent than was the case a generation
ago. During the' growing 'period of (Kil
child, the outer envelope, or support
ing tissue of the eyeball, does not at
tain its full degree of firmness and
hardness, and any-straln on the focus
ing muscles has a tendency to make
the eyeball stretch. This stretching of
the eyeball is really the condition
which is commonly- known as near
sightedness, and. is caused in most in
stances by strain in reading. Many
people believe that a child may be
born near-sighted, but this is not the
case. Near-sightedness -always occurs
from strain, and In the great majority
of cases can be prevented, or at least
kept down to low degrees. It requires
no special knowledge to appreciate the
fact that a tissue when stretched is
weaker than before and is likely to go
on stretching, and this Is the danger in
near-sighted eyes. Such eyes -are apt
to stretch and grow worse until the
child attains its full growth, and the
tissues have a chance to -become hard
and firm, hence, it is during the pe
riod of growth that damage to the eyes
is most apt to occur. If the stretch
ing of the eyeball goes beyond a certain
point, the delicate nerve tissues Inside
the eye are apt to become stretched
to an extent which they-cannot stand,
and tears and breaks occur in them
with damage to the sight. These
breaks cannot be remedied, nor for
that matter can the eye when It is once
stretched come back to Its normal size.
In very high degrees of stretching even
blindness may result.
There is a current belief that near
sightedness runs in families, and this,
while partly true, is really an unfor
tunate misconception. Certain fami
lies have softer tissues in the eye than
others, and their eyes stretch more
easily to a certain degree of strain.
This should only make such people
more - cautious to avoid strain and
does not by any means imply that it is
necessary for such children to be near
sighted. The cause of this strain in
the young child is astigmatism. There
are other contributing causes, such
as a too short eyeball, poor gen
eral health, which makes the tissues
weaker and less resistant, and also the
disposition, of the child, some children
preferring to sit and read all day rath
er than go out and exercise In the open
air. . -
. AH these questions must . receive
proper attention If near-sightedness Is
to be prevented, but that astigmatism
is the principal cause is well known.
This world is becoming' rather fa
miliar, and yet Its meaning is constant
ly misunderstood. Many people sup
pose that astigmatism means a differ
ence in the two eyes, which Is entirely
wrong. It Is an- irregularity of the
front part of the eye where the curves
should be symmetrical bat are not.
This Irregularity or inequality or the
curves makes objects appear blurred.
Certain line's In the objects looked at
seem fairly distinct while certain oth
ers are blurred, and this causes the eye
to make strong muscular, efforts to
overcom the blur and get a perfectly
clear Image.' The stratp brdugnt about
to correct the astigmatic Image leads
to stiffness and cramps of the muscles
with headaches, and In sever cases-to
an actual stretching of the eyeball.
The surest .way to stop the ever-Increasing
danger of near-sightedness is
to correct astigmatism by means o."
properly fitting glasses - during the
growing period. Recently statistics
show that . In accordance with this
method of treatment, near-sightedness
Is becoming less. . Many children are
obliged to wear glasses when reading
or during the period of greatest strain,
and if the astigmatism Is of small
amount, they can frequently lay aside
the glasses when they have attained
their full growth. The greatest amount
of strain Is during reading or sewing,
or any use of the eyes for close work.
It : is, therefore, much better to allow
the child to use glasses during the
growing, period, at ' least, and avoid
strain, than it is to run the danger
of developing a near-sightedness,
which is a permanent condition, and
which is apt to progress to a point of
damaging the vision.
Journal Entries
Those who have greatness thrust
upon them are few and far between.
. W ;. .
No doubt about the rich having trou
bles as well as the poor. But they're
different.
It beats all how much some people
can talk without saying anything worth
while.
A few men seem to go the theory that
there Is no place like home to get
away from. .
Show a willingness to meet a man
half-way and he'll expect you to come a
little farther,
J ay hawker Jots
If you don't know just what to say,
advises the Phillips County Post, look
wise and let seme one else talk.
The boy who never helps his mother
is conspicuous for his energy, says the
Hope Dispatch,- when it comes to car
rvinor water for the elenhant .in the
show. . J
r
The last train out of Germany after .
the war broke out must have been I
marvelously long, thinks Dave Leahy
of the Eldorado Republican. Every,
tourist so far heard from rode on it.
There - is danger of mixing your !
sympathy and curiosity when dealing I
with others misfortunes, urges the
Pratt Union. Be sure it is sympathy
that prompts you to call.
Of a truth, some women are hard
to please. The Galena Times gossipse:
There is a Galena man that is known
to shave twice every day. He is a
handsome sort of a fellow, "polite and
dead in love with his wife. The wife
prefers -her hubby to grow a mus
tache, but he doesn't think so. Now
the neighbors are talking a divorce
scandal and making all sorts of pre
dictions. V 1'" '' ' ' , "
A ' Holton man was drawing some
tacks out of a board yesterday by the
side of the road, relates the Holton
Signal. ' A number stood around and
watched the operation. When he had
taken them all out he gathered them
up and carried them away off to the
side of the road. ' "Thoughtful about
barefoot boys, aren t you?" a by
stander remarked. "Barefoot boys,
nothing." was the reply, "here's where
I always park my automobile."
Globe Sights
BT THE ATCHISON GLOBE.
A hobby Is rarely self-supporting.
A thin .nan's Idea of triumph is to
increase his weight.
Neither can you Judge a man by his
title 1n a city directory. .
A telephone flirtation Is too great a
strain on the imagination.
Conceit sometimes leads a man to
mistake his solo for a chorus.
Dieting is doubtless more scientific
than starving, but equally unpleasant.
Whisky is like the devil: You should
recognize its power and leave it alone.
Do vou also haVe to have your clock
a little fast in order to arrive on time?
Until he is out of a job, steady work
may seem like something of a calamity.
The rabbit down town is frequently a
bear whom the children fear by the
time he gets home.
You don't need to carry a tooth brush
in your vest pocket to demonstrate your
cleanliness.
Careful research, however, might di
vulge a Scot who is not canny, or a
Yankee lacking In shrewdness.
There is also the young man who be
lieves he Is an aristocrat because, he
pays a fancy price for cigarettes.
There is plenty of room up where the
aeroplanes roam, but it Is difficult to
convince a gasoline engine to behave. -
The athletes in the mag. ads. have
exchanged their bvds. for more ex
tended union suits: winter approaches.
QUAKER MEDITATIONS.
. From the Philadelphia Record.
The blush of shame sometimes dif
fuses a woman's cheek, sometimes a
man s nose.
In addition to saddling the blame
on the other fellow, some men want
to ride all over him.
No, Maude, dear; it doesn't take a
tailor or a dressmaker to make the
punishment fit the crime.
Many a man whose clothes last him
a long time will wear out his wel
come with astonishing rapidity.
A woman's idea of wasted energy Is
telling a secret about a person no one
is in the least interested In.
It's all right to have pronounced
ideas about the European war, so long
as your pronunciation, ends there.
Muggins "How well preserved Mrs.
Daahaway Is." . Buggins "Yes, when
you consider how spoiled she used to
be." ,, . , ;t.-.
Nell "They say she only married
him for a home." Belle "I suppose
somebody told her that he was a per
fect flat." ; . -
Blobbs "There la no 'doubt that
drinking impairs the memory." Slobbs
"I suppose that accounts for the
fact that every time I meet Harduppe
he invites me to have one. He prob
ably thinks I'D forget aU about the 30
bones he owes me."
On the , Spur
of the Moment
' - BT ROT TC MOULTON. "
From the HlckeyviUe Clarion.
Hi Spink has got mixed up with the
government. He thrashed a rural free
delivery man because the latter said
Hi had to put a two-cent stamp on a
letter he was sendin. HI says it is a
rural free delivery and dog bite his
whiskers if .he is going to pay a cent
for sendin. mail, ,
Elmer Jones smokes "Pride of the
Gravel Train" and is saving the cou
pons. When he gets 6,785,524 more
coupons the company will give him a
genuine imitation French briar pipe
if he lives. ...
Old Man Sperry died last week and
went to the great beyond after reading
this paper for nothing nineteen years.
He will probably not find much of a
change in the great beyond, as he had
for twenty-seven years held the lucra
tive position -of- fireman at Gil Pritch
ard's sawmill down on Swasey Creek.
Ezra Brlggs brindle cow tried - to
swaller a scythe and spade last week
and feels quite cut up about it at
this writing.'
Hank Tasking and Hi Higgins have
returned from froggin on Swazey
Creek. Old Lafe Tubbs asked Hank
what he was going to do with the
frogs, and Hank said he was thinkin'
of sellin' them to the railroad com
pany that runs - through our midst.
Hank ia quite - comic sometimes. ' He
ought to be writin' for some patent
medicine almanac.
Miss Pansy Perkins, our poetess of
passion, has resigned her position in
the tumbstun works and is writing a
poem which she expects to send to the
Congressional Record, which is pub
lished at Washington. D. C. This is
the only publication that Miss Perkins
has written for. - Her work seems to
have gone over the heads ot all the
other editors.
A Memory.
I remember, I remember,.
When courtin' Sal I went:
The parlor where so many
uelightful hours We spent:
The good old horsehair sofy.
ine crayon Dortralts. too.
Which stared so impolitely,
as crayon nortraits do:
The what-not in the corner.
Filled up with ancient junk.
The stuffed owl on the mantel ;
Who listened to the bunk
I peddled just iike you did j
When courtin' of your gal, I
And life was simply heaven, '
w nen I was wooin' Sal.
I remember, 1 remember.
How I -marched up (the aisle;
The knot tied by the pastor
Has held for quite a whi!-
The horsehair ; sofy's missing.
The crayon ' portraits, too;
We're living In apartments
With modem ' stuff clear through.
The stuffed owl 'is not with us.
Perched up above the grare;
We have no comer what-not,
- For we are' up-to-date.
I remember, I remember
I married Sal,-you bet -The
landlord und collectors
y Will not let me forget.
From the II ickeyvllle, clarion. .
The engineer on, Np. 17.-the first train
on our railroad, haa complained against
Station Agent Beit Hanks',, dog. who-i
leaps about the front of the engine and
barks'. The dog runs down the track
about eight miles to meet ,the train
and backs In front of it all the way ,io
the station. The engineer says it makes
him nervous and., sometime he will- run
over that cur if he has to put on full
speed and bust 1 the biler.' Old Lafe
Tubbs missed the train the other day
by ten minues, but he was able to over
take It by walk-in' fast before it got to
West Hickeyville.
' No man in Canada can enlist unless
his wife agrees. Doubtless many wives
would be not only willing, but anxious.
It is getting so. that a new president
in Mexico causes no more of a flutter
than -a new freak dance.
Get Busy.
There ain't no use In gettin' sore
About this war stuff and more.
It ain't no use to fume and fret.
And knockin's no good, don't forget.
Although we rave from mom till night,
It ain't a-going to stop the fight.
The dog of war's a vicious pup.
There ain't no sign that he'll give up.
The thing fer us folks here to do
Is to keep our mouths shet, right
straight through,
And buckle , in' as best we can
To boost the things American,
And send, our beeswax and our rye
To furrin parts, both far and nigh.
It's up to us right now, by gum.
To make our factory wheels all hum.
No warlike motions have we made;
It's up to us to get the trade.
It ain't our fault- that furrin powers
Ain't got a balance wheel like ours.
We ain't to blame, fur's we kin see,
That they are all in bankruptcy.
Prosperity is with our land;
Get busy, folks. Our time's at hand.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
From the Chicago News.
Love doesn't thrive - on . absent
treatment.
The lazier a man is the more hope
he can generate.
: Words are merely the blossoms, but
deeds are- the fruits.
A sound argument shouldn't de
pend altogether on sound.
Only a chemist could analyze the
makeup of some women.
: A man Is seldom worth as much or
as little as people think he is.
There are times when every man Is
a deep dyed villain in his thoughts..
Our idea of a smart young man is
one who succeeds in taming his wild
oats.
' Nothing Jolts a liar more than to
have another chap beat him at his
own game. . 'c . . .
After a young man rings a girl's
door bell about so often it's up to
him to ring her finger.
Many a married man would starve
to death if his wife- didn't know how
to manipulate a can opener.
Lots of people who try to forget
yesterday look forward to tomorrow,
but fail to. inclujle today.
Kindness and politeness would . be
appreciated more if they - were not
used so oftenvaa.-gold brick substitutes.
"Slickers has a queer Impediment In
his speech, hasn't he?" "I haven't no
ticed it" "Yes, he pronounces Vera
Cms as If It were Vera Cruth." "But
that's right." "Eh! What do you think
of that? And by George. I told him
bow Uncle Jim , and Cousin Maxim
both cured themselves of lisping!'
Cleveland Plain Dealer. -
-i , HITMZJt 3ATCRE. s. i V
The candidate thinks if he greets me '
Each day with a sunshiny smile
And pauses whenever he meets me
To say pleasant tilings for a while
I will go to the polls In November
help aU I can in his fight;
If s the same old bull eon, and, of course,
I am on. ,
But. nevertheless, I shall bite.
The book agent thinks if he praises
My Judgment in literature
And baits with most flattering phrases
,Tb hook that's concealed in his lure
1 11 order a vellum edition
.And pay for it right off the bat.
He doesn't fool me with his bunk, no
slree!
But he ll probably land me at that!
1 oaPnot and will not be flattered,
Sort words have no charm in my ear.
However the sugar Is scattered.
It will not catch met Never fear!
TvSf.m"n who la friendly tor profit
Will never deceive me at all.
I always have laughed at the bunko
- man's graft
But I always have managed to fall! "
James J. Montague, in New York American.
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The Evening Story
On the Roadside.
rp-,ni gy -Molly McMaster.)'
Twilight was drawing to an omin
ous close amidst threatening rain
clouds yet Martha still struggled with
the spark plug of her motorcycle. She
was far from shelter and the road
through the country was long and
lonely. Never before, since she had
learned to run her cycle, had she
found herself in so helpless a plight.
She had always considered herself
master of her engine, and yet She was
stranded on a lone country road for
sheer inability to spark that engine.
After an hour's struggle exaspera
tion gave place to tears and Martha
crumpled up on the roadside in a par
oxysm of weeping. Had Martha been
less feminine she would undoubtedly
have given her cycle a fling across
the street and marched home by the
nearest meadows. -
In that case, the young man in the
great touring car which swerved
around the corner could not have gone
to her assistance.
: "Anything I can do?" he called out
as she slowed down.
Martha raised a face on which tears
had made little crooked roads of
white, and her glance was hostile. She
had been surprised in a weak moment
and by a chauffeur. Martha's atti
tude was decidedly superior when
she made answer to the man who had
offered her assistance. She realized
also that she was looking anything
but attractive with her dusty tear
stained face and angry eyes.
"Oh. ho!" laughed the man not a
whit put out by her manner, "I
thought you were a man." He glanced
down at her masculine cycle costume
and tardily removed his cap.
"My clothes are no different from
any one else's!" said Martha wrath
fully. "Whew! I am sorry I stopped," said
Calvin Sutcliffe with laughing polite
ness. He turned to start his machine
then as suddenly jumped down - and
examined Martha's cycle. "There is
no reason why I should permit you to
sit here on the roadside all night even
if you are foolish enough to want to.
It is going to rain shortly." He paid
no more attention to Martha than it
she had been an obstreperous child.
A second later he returned to his car.
"It is all right now," he said.
"You are a most detestable person,
Martha informed him coolly, "but I
thank you for helping me."
"Don't, mention it," called Sutcliffe
and whirled off down the dusty road.
Martha was far too angry to watch
him go. A moment later she too was
spinning in the same direction. The
cool air revived her spirits and she
found time to laugh at the predica
ment which had made of her a most
quarrelsome person. She even regret
ted her rudeness to the chauffeur not
withstanding his, brusque treatment of
her. She wondered where he was em
ployed and what he must be thinking
of her. Certainly her disposition
would not have recommended her to
him, and she hoped he would not cir
culate the story.
Sutcliffe did not circulate the tale.
He did. however, go about trying his
best to find out who the girl- was
whom he had helped. He had taken
the number of her license and It was
not difficult after that to find out that
her name was Martha Glover, and that
she was a resident of Douglas Manor.
Sutcliffe spent his summers usually
at Port Washington, and it was easy
to make guarded Inquiry about the
name of Glover. Since he was not a
chauffeur, as Martha had supposed,
but the owner of two cars and a num
ber of boats, Sutcliffe realized that it
was quite an easy matter to make his
way into the social circle in which
Martha revolved. , ,
It was at the quaint little clubhouse
at the manor that , a . mutual friend
presented . Sutcliffe to . Miss Glover.
There was not a glimmer of recogni
tion in the man's eyes as he shook the
hand extended to him, nor did he seem
in the least overcome by the pleasure
afforded him. - He was, as a matter
of fact, frigidly polite and did not
ask for even a fox-trot with her.
Martha had flushed brilliantly
when, looking up at the stalwart
white f lanneled man whom Mrs.
Goope was introducing to her, she
met the eyes of the "most detestable
person." Instantly in her mind she
was flung back tos the roadside with
a disabled motorcycle and tears and'
dust mingling freJy on her face. She
was not surprised that Sutcliffe had
not recognized her, yet somehow Mar
tha felt hurt.
She watched him during the even
ing dance with every attractive girl In
the room and she, in turn, flirted out
rageously, with each of her partners.
If he .observed her Martha was not
aware of the fact. Sutcliffe to all ap
pearances was oblivious of her pres
ence in the clubrooms. Toward the
end of the evening he made his way
homeward without having said good
night to her. The dancing, the men
and flirting lost all charm for Martha,
and she too. went home.
During the days following Martha
rode her motorcycle from morning un
til twilight.- Perhaps she was de
sirous of fleeing from constant thought
of Sutcliffe, or she may have hoped
to meet him in his big car.
The most courageous thing that
Martha ever did In -her life was to
swerve suddenly across the road pre
cipitating herself and her motorcycle
into a ditch. The idea had suggested
itself with desperate swiftness the mo
ment she had seen Sutcliffe whirling
toward her in his racing 'car on that
same part of the road where the pre
vious encounter had taken place. She
had felt perfectly sane and rational
until he had appeared in the distance;
then she had taken her courage in
both hands fully 'determined to fling
herself across his path.
Sutcliffe jerked his machine to a
stop and jumped quickly out and over
to the prostrate figure by the road
side. Picking her up 'and recognizing
her his face went white and Martha
opened wide" her eyes. She was
bruised and trembling but did not re
gret her daralg - maneuver whea she
saw the expression in Sutcliffe's eyes.
She smiled and In the smile Calvin
Sutcliffe read the story of her guile.
He wanted to shako her and tell her
she was- an adorable little gopse to
risk her precious life, but he refrained
in view of the fact that she would
undoubtedly think him mad. He con
tented himself with asking on ques
tion. . -
"Do you still consider me a detest
able person?" he asked before releas
ing his hold of her and leading her to
ward a soft knoll by the roadside.
"No." said Martha frankly. "I was
sorry you failed to recognise me when
we met at the manor so that I could
have told you how deeply I regretted
my frightful disposition. I never did
know Just what was the matter with
my cycle."
"Merely a sooted plug." said Sut
cliffe. ."Too much lubricating oil
forms a smoke and that in turn makes
soot. Simplest thing in the world to
remedy but I am glad you didn't know
It." He gazed happily . down at
Martha's sparkling eyes. "As for' my
not recognizing you--well. that's an
other story."
"Oh -I seem ' to understand now."
laughed Martha, and' looking up Into
Sutcliffe's eyes she read the old, old
story. (Copyrighted 1914 by the He
Clure Newspaper Syndicate.) -
Evening Chat:
BT RUTH CAMERON. '
System and Satisfaction.
A friend of mine made up her mind
to buy a farm.
She had only two months in which
to select and this is the way she went
about it. She bought a map of the
territory around the city in which her
family have business interests. She
consulted the family as to the distance
to which they were willing to commune,
and then she drew on the map a circle
whose centre was the city and whose
radius was that distance. All land
'within that circle was possible terri
tory. Her next step was to eliminate. She
eliminated all territory north of the
city because it was low land and south
of the city because It was not good
farming land. - That left her a certain
section on the east and west.
She next went to a reliable real estate
firm, discussed the remaining territory
with them, and having eliminated fur
ther territory because of the price and
certain other considerations proceeded
to inspect the remaining sections with
the firm's various agents.
On all these trips she took with her a
memorandum book in which was a list
of important points, such as the size
of farm desired, size of house, distance
rrom station, conveniences, etc. Each
place which she looked at she exam
ined in the light of these requirements,
and noted down how each : one stood
the, various tests. Just as the judge in
a dog show examines each contestant
for certain - points, and rates him accordingly.-
- -
. Needless to say that- this woman
made a perfectly satisfactory purchase.
Why not? Satisfaction and system are
seldom separated. - .
I know another woman who also
bought a farm some years ago. Having
conceived the idea- (without having
anything about the matter) that they
would like the farm, she and her hus
band went to an agent (of whose relia
bility they knew -nothing) and told him
they wanted to buy a farm. He sized
them up and showed them an attrac
tive and impracticable place; they fell
in love with it at first sight and bought
without looking ' further. They gradu
ally discovered that It was too far from
the station to be practicable for com
muting, that the ground was not good
for the kind of farming they wanted to
do, and that the markets on that side
of the city were poor. They are now
vainly trying to dispose of the prop
erty for two-thirds of the price they
paid.
These people went about the business
of life without knowing what they
wanted or how to ' get It. It - was as
inevitable that ' they should be disap
pointed as that weeds will grow In a
plot of waste land.
The trouble with most of us who don't
get what we want in the world Is that,
in the first place. We don't know exactly
what we want, and in the second, we
don't go about getting it systematically.
Any part of the business of life from
washing dishes to ruling a kingdom can
be done better if it is done systematic
ally. - .
Let the first step toward getting what
you want -in any direction be definition,
the second elimination, the third deter
mination and the fourth-will almost in
evitably be satisfaction. - . '
THE ADVENTURES OF THE FAIRY QUEEN -Part II.
When the fairies returned that ' night
and did not find their queen, they waited
until morning, thinking something very
important bad called her away and that
she would return with the first morning
light..- , -M--"-
. But when It was daylight .and she did
not appepar they began hunting about the
woods for her. One fairy found her
crown on the bush, and, after a while,
her wand was discovered, but when her
little shell coacn was round by another
fairy they felt sure some terrible fate
had befallen their queen. -
Finally one of the fairies thought of
Witch Sindok and they went to her. At
first the witch denied all knowledge of
their queen, but, after a day or two
passed and she did not return, the witch
told them -how the queen had come to her
and been changed Into a white rabbit and
had gone to visit the goblins.
"What shall we dor' tbey asked Witch
Sindok. All the fairies began to weep,
for they were very fond of their queen.
Witch Sindok waved her stick and told
them to be quiet. "We must look for a
sign." she told them; "your queen will be
sure to let us know In some, way If she
needs help. Come with me and we will
search the fields, as they are more nearly
connected with the goblins' lands than
any other place."
The moon was shining very brightly
and Witch Sindok and the fairies went
Into the fields, looking closely at .the
treoad as tfsey went along. .. . ..
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CONCERNING THE RAILROADS
There was more than one point of
agreement between the three major
parties In Kansas this year In their,
platforms, and one ot the strong
points of agreement was the tact that
neither party mentioned the railroads
In tones of odium, and scorn. In fact,
the word railroad .was hardly men
tioned in either of the platforms. The
Progressives asked to have the 2 -cent
fare agreement enacted Into law. but
that could hardly be called on "at
tack" on the railroads. The truth
about the railroads In Kansas Is that
since they got out of politics they
have got on better relations with, the
people of Kansas than ever they had
before. There is no disposition on the
part of any party or any group of men
in Kansas, either business men or pol
iticians, to make capital' out of lam
basting the railroads. The attorney
for a railroad today going before the
public utilities commission gets a fair
hearing, and gets as nearly exact Jus
tice as it is possible for any one to get
before any court in this government.
The folks desire to be fair, and when
the railroads quit monkeying with the
government and trust to fairness of
tne people tney get runner man incy
do by riling the folks up running the
government. Emporia Gazette. ,
From Other Pens
EDUCATION IN AND - FOR THE
nvnn, - -
' The founder of the Chautauqua read
ing circle, which in the first days of
the Chautauqua movement rivaled the
assembly with Its lecture courses, had
for his governing motive establishment
of a system whereby knowledge could
be carried to the isolated, community
and to persons remote from usual agen
cies of education and culture. Similar
in intent has been all university ex
tension work done in the United States,
whether modeled, as at first on the
British plan, or as later defined and
administered by the state universities
of the western states. The response in
each case has been such as to show the
intensity and volume of the demand
ana tne nunger ana mm iut Knowl
edge and Inspiration that exist among
dweller on the frontiers and among
persons who must, or who think they
must, separate themselves - from the
more cooperative and associated forms
of living and of education. - Noting the
success of these experiments and form
ally committed now In a variety of
ways to the rural betterment policy the
nation itself Is about to cooperate with
organisations of women, national in
their scope and personnel. In an effort
to aid isolated home makers with liter
ature of an Instructive and inspiring
sort, suited to enlighten about problems
of domestic, economy which they, face,
and devised so as to ; enable them to
make and keep the farm or ranch home
attractive to children and youth. If
in the course of time It should prove
possible to follow up the literature with
personal visitation by wise counselors,
the cost of this enterprise might In
crease. But what of that? A farmer
now, in many of the states, has but
to summon an expert authority on soils
or stock raising and state the assumed
neea oi nts journeying irom nts moor--atory
to the remote farm, and the ex
pert sallies forth to advise. It may be
paternalism of a kind, but it is profita
ble both to the farmer and the state.
The advice transmitted : from center to
circumference, when heeded, pays divi
dends in better and increased products.
This later movement ia in response to
the call of the farmer's wife and her
sister pioneers. - They see the state
aiding the men to make money. For
themselves they want state help to im
prove the quality of boys and girls.
They want education In as well as for
the home. Give them this and the col
leges and universities ' will later enroll
more and finer students. The constant
sources of supply for the- institutions' of
learning of a country are homes In
which education Is highly valued and
sacrificed for. and wise Is the state
that sees this and fosters the earliest
possible beginnings of search for this
treasure. Christian Science Monitor.
s'Teacher Tommy, what- are antipodes?"
Tommy "I know; they are little black
th'ngs in the creeks that turn Into frogs."
Birmingham Age-Herald.
Suddenly Witch sindok raised her stick
and called the fairies. "Look," she said
,vmnung 10 oare spots on the ground
which formed a circle or ring, and in the
center or which grew a tuft ot grass.
"It is n ttttrv vintr' ..laJ . i .
as they gathered around lt; nut where
Is our queen?" .
!lThat..,1" Xor n" to discover." said the
w.icn; ii may oe a long time before we
find her, but your queen surely made this
ring. There Is not another one around
here, and we must watch. Hide all of
you,, she said, "and I will change myself
into a tree by the roadside, and we will
see what hanDena "
The fairies hid among the grasses, and
after a. while they heard voices, and from
put of the woods cam the goblins In
large, numbers. They seemed to be -guarding
something very carefully.
When they reached the ralry ring the
Ja'lf w a little white rabbit securely
gbS rrthrxg T.hd smj a:
heTd-raS n xrT
again, and thfch With a sudden til
fairies and Witch Slndo woooS VL-
upon the goblins, and beforThe
recover from their mirnlM Wiin rS
waved her crooked Vtick Vnrt llli 81 n. ok
From outS.rVu? and rurtt
Apppear, appear, thou, fairy WSZ, '
The goblins did not wallT to
more. They knew the rlrW .5Sr,!,B,p
Sindok had come to rescue SI W"ch
and they scampered awaVr.!?.
and their queen to t he cool!!irM
their much-needed leep.gf "
by the McClure Newspapers.
New York City.) mvmvKT Syndicate,
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